Zhang Yi (; born 17 February 1978) is a Chinese actor. He is best known for his roles in films '' Dearest'' (2014), ''

Operation Red Sea ''Operation Red Sea'' () is a 2018 action war film directed by Dante Lam and starring Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing, Du Jiang and Jiang Luxia. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film is loosely based on the evacuation of Chinese commu ...

'' (2018), '' One Second'' (2020), and '' Cliff Walkers'' (2021), as well as the television series '' Soldiers Sortie'' (2006), '' My Chief and My Regiment'' (2009), and '' The Knockout'' (2023).

Biography

Zhang was born into a teacher's family in

Harbin Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang is a province in northeast China. It is the northernmost and easternmost province of the country and contains China's northernmost point (in Mohe City along the Amur) and easternmost point (at the confluence of the Amur and Us ...

, on February 17, 1978. Zhang has always wanted to become a television announcer, yet was unsuccessful in his attempts to attend the Beijing Broadcasting Institute for various reasons. In 1996, he was admitted to the Harbin Drama Theater at his own expense. In 1997, he applied for People's Liberation Army National Defence University、 The Central Academy of Drama, and

Shanghai Theatre Academy Shanghai Theatre Academy () is a municipal public college for dramatic art education in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. History On December 1, 1945, the Shanghai Municipal Experimental Drama ...

, but was not admitted. In the same year, he was admitted to the comrades-in-arms drama troupe of the Political Department of the Beijing Military Region.

Career

Zhang made his drama debut and received widespread recognition as Comrade Shi Jin in the critically and commercially successful 2006 drama '' Soldiers Sortie'', and continued to collaborate with writer Lan Xiaolong in upcoming military war dramas ''My Chief and My Regiment'' and ''The Line'', which were both critical hits, scoring 8.9 and 9.2 on

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respectively. Zhang was widely praised for his acting as a father desperate to find his abducted son in 2014 feature film ''Dearest'', and received his first major acting award at the 30th Golden Rooster Awards. In 2016, he played a secret police who was willing to fight for a better world in wuxia film ''Brotherhood of Blades II'', and also starred in Cao Baoping's black comedy ''Cock and Bull'', which garnered him another Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 31st Golden Rooster Awards. In 2016, Zhang played the protagonist in entrepreneurial drama ''Feather Flies to the Sky'', and received Best Actor awards at the 23rd Magnolia Awards and 29th Golden Eagle Awards. He then starred in action war film ''

'', which became the second-highest-grossing-film ever in China.

Family

Zhang married Qian Linlin (), a hostess at the Central People's Broadcasting Station.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Awards and nominations

Stage work

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Yi 1978 births Male actors from Harbin Living people Chinese male stage actors 21st-century Chinese male actors Chinese male film actors Chinese male television actors